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John A. Macdonald Under Criticism: David Kilgour for Inside Policy

Let’s focus on the future, which is in our power to shape, not on the past, which can’t be changed, writes David Kilgour....

 

September 2, 2020 at 6:42 pm read more

How to address systemic racism in law enforcement: Christian Leuprecht on the Scott Thompson Show

MLI Senior Fellow Christian Leuprecht joined the Scott Thompson Show to discuss his new commentary on systemic racism in policing and solutions to...

 

September 2, 2020 at 4:18 pm read more

Systemic racism in policing in Canada and approaches to fixing it: New MLI commentary by Christian Leuprecht

OTTAWA, ON (August 31, 2020): Racial turmoil in the United States has led to a sustained debate on police use of force in Canada...

 

August 31, 2020 at 10:00 am read more

Post-secondary education this fall will be a tumultous experiment: Ken Coates and Carin Holroyd in the Star

Students and their families will likely pay the lion’s share of the personal and financial challenges in the great post-secondary experiment of 2020,...

 

August 6, 2020 at 7:53 pm read more

When are volunteers not volunteers? When they get paid: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post

Most Canadians would think students are not 'volunteering' if they expect to be paid $10 per hour, writes Jack Mintz in the Financial...

 

August 5, 2020 at 8:41 pm read more

The Woke want to hear from People of Colour. Just not all of us: Kaveh Shahrooz in The Line

Our communities are alive with fierce internal debates; we're neither monolithic, nor reflexively progressive, writes Kaveh Shahrooz.  By Kaveh Shahrooz, August 4, 2020 ...

 

August 4, 2020 at 5:39 pm read more

A civil answer - without political will, the flaws of Canadian policing will never be fixed: Christian Leuprecht in the Globe and Mail

Now, as our society evolves on the issue of systemic racism, its various institutions are working to catch up – including policing. But...

 

July 31, 2020 at 7:17 pm read more

The Cyber-Era of Elections is already here: Holly Ann Garnett and Toby S. James for Inside Policy

The legislation and practices that are the bedrock of elections need to be updated to reflect the proliferation of the digital in our...

 

July 20, 2020 at 5:06 pm read more

Rush to expand MAiD turns policy-making on its head: Harvey Schipper and Harry Swain in the Vancouver Sun

There is something troubling, even dangerous, about the way MAiD is evolving in Canada, and that is the absence of evidence, write Harvey...

 

July 13, 2020 at 8:29 pm read more

Don't let price controls delay access to a vaccine: Nigel Rawson and Olaf Koester in the Financial Post

Unless Ottawa guarantees the price or postpones the PMPRB revisions, manufacturers will not know whether a tendered price is compliant with the new...

 

June 3, 2020 at 2:49 pm read more
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    OTTAWA, ON (September 3, 2020): For the first time since February, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Leading Economic Indicator posted positive growth, suggesting that the economy...

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  • We don't need higher inflation to grow the economy: Jack Mintz in the Financial Post

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    It is not at all clear that raising inflationary expectations is the way to grow the economy. What’s really required is smarter fiscal...

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